<img src='' title='Event Category: Comedy' alt='' id='templ_icon_' width='' height='' /> Event Category: Comedy

John Mackay & Sally Homer, in association with Debi Allen/Curtis Brown, present

THE ETERNAL SHAME OF SUE PERKINS

You may know her as Bake-Off Sue, Taskmaster Sue, Just A Minute Sue, or the Sue that gives you travel envy – but stand-up Sue is full of surprises. In this brand-new show, she shares the unlikely happenings from a career in the spotlight.

What’s the fallout when your pituitary gland goes haywire on live TV?  How do you convince the public you didn’t really fall onto that hoover attachment? And when intimate photos get splashed all over the internet, how do you switch the shame to dignity and joy?

In her first live show in over a decade, Sue delivers a hilarious treatise on stigma, humiliation, and misunderstanding.

Show running time: approx. 1 hour 50 minutes including interval

Age guidance: 16+

Griff Rhys Jones: The Cat’s Pyjamas

Griff Rhys Jones is back on the road with the second tour of his much-anticipated brand new stand-up show, following a hugely successful run last year.

Join Griff as he shares more funny observations and comic stories.

The show always varies as Griff rambles on the developing national permacrisis. Age. Family. Fraud. Nostalgia. The Tik Tok generation. Crocodile smuggling and noodling in Australia. Travel, dogs, hotels, drink and midnight trains. He takes questions from the audience and lets rip as his associations wander.

The Cat’s Pyjmas follows Griff’s last hugely successful international tour, All Over The Place, which saw him play to capacity crowds across the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Away from the stage, Griff is best known for his countless TV appearances, including as the star of ten series of Smith & Jones and one quarter of the ground breaking Not The Nine O’Clock News, whilst his multiple documentary series have been critically acclaimed ratings hits.

*Please read the below carefully*

Big things are happening here at the Marina.

We have now received our new post-redevelopment seating plan and have put some fantastic new shows on sale, including this one!

We are getting ready to begin contacting customers with unallocated tickets for the shows that have been on sale without this seating plan, but it is going to be a big task. We have over 4,000 customers to contact, so we ask that you please be patient with us and our Box Office team. We will be doing this one show at a time, and everyone will be contacted in chronological order.

Please note that we will not be able to assign you a seat if you call the Box Office, we will contact you when we reach your booking.

In the meantime, these shows can still be booked with unallocated seating.

We thank you for your patience during this very busy time and look forward to welcoming you back to our newly redeveloped theatre this October.

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Jason Manford: A Manford All Seasons (14+)

Jason Manford is back with his brand-new live show. A Manford All Seasons. Jason’s been busy since his last smash-hit stand up show but fans of his Absolute Radio show will know this nationally acclaimed comedian hasn’t changed a bit. A Manford All Seasons is Jason’s latest comic offering set to hit the road, and is sure to be ‘expert observational comedy’ (The Guardian) mixed with ‘comic gold’ (Mail on Sunday).

‘Starstruck’ (ITV1), ‘First & Last’ (BBC One), ‘The Masked Singer’ (ITV1), ‘What Would Your Kid Do?’ (ITV1), ‘Olivier Awards’ (ITV1), ‘Scarborough’ (BBC One), ‘8 out of 10 Cats’ (Channel 4), ‘The Nightly Show’ (ITV1), ‘Sunday Night at the Palladium’ (ITV1), ‘Live at the Apollo’ (BBC One), ‘Have I Got News For You’, (BBC One), QI (BBC Two) and ‘The Royal Variety Performance’ (ITV1) have all helped establish Jason as a nationally known comic.

“Effortlessly entertaining” **** Evening Standard

“He’s blessed with the sort of laid-back charm and sharp turn of phrase you can’t manufacture” **** Daily Telegraph

*15.05.2025 Update Sam Picone replaces Michael Shafar in the Line Up*

With Ria Lina, Joseph Emslie, Sam Picone and hosted by Russell Arathoon!

 

Headlined by the brilliant Ria Lina! Ria  is a touring comedian, actress and writer and has been named as one of The Evening Standard’s ‘Hottest Comedians You Should Be Watching Now’. Her extensive list of credits includes guesting and hosting Live At The Apollo (BBC), Have I Got News For You (BBC), QI (BBC), Mock The Week (BBC), The News Quiz (Radio 4), The Now Show (Radio 4), Late Night Mash (Dave), and star of Lovestruck High (Amazon Prime).

 

Ria is a regular co-host of Pointless (BBC), winner of Celebrity Mastermind (BBC) (Topic: Rosalind Franklin), cohost of Yesterday, Today & The Day Before (Comedy Central), cohost of Richard Hammond’s Brain Reaction (Comedy Central) and has been seen on occasion in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner (Channel 4). She is also a regular pundit on Sky News, BBC News, and Times Radio and is in demand for her scientific insight, confident delivery, political satire and biting wit.

 

Ria is the only Filipina comedian in British stand-up and has a BSc in Experimental Pathology, an MSc in Forensic Science and a PhD in Virology under her belt, so it’s not only Ria’s comedy that’s highly intelligent.

 

Ria has taken six shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with her work tackling topics such as autism, motherhood, political correctness, feminism and racial identity. Her career stretches from stage and screen to radio and the occasional ukulele – all in a unique style described by ‘The Scotsman’ as ‘fearless, provocative and very funny’.

 

Ria completed her debut UK and IRE tour, Riawakening, in 2024, which the Telegraph selected as one of the ‘10 best comedy shows and stand-up tours to book tickets for in 2024’.

 

Opening the show is Sam Picone! Described by UK comedy heavyweight Mo Gilligan as “a natural on stage”, Sam Picone is a London based comedian, writer & content creator. Expect sharp observations, delivered with a knowingly dry wit. He’s written on comedy shows for Channel 4, the BBC and has racked up tens of millions of views on social media with his viral sketches.

 

Next up is star of Channel 4’s The Paddock, Joseph Emslie! His easy conversational manner, anecdotal, and sometimes self-deprecating, style of comedy has helped him secure some early critical acclaim by taking the runner up place in the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2021.

 

 

Hosted by Russell Arathoon!

 

Please note, that while we do our best to ensure that we deliver the published bill, line-ups can be subject to change at short notice.